Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-04
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
Hsmpersr william and the
Gar In Alliance.
Assidsns. and Es.sss e Llis-ssm Rs.
pairing TIE British cahlass-Ds.
ssrustlsa of Arr Treasures n
Rsus-A New Canal

"a 4
chaneeaseF Ganchem.
~ LezDoN, Jan. 8-0oschsn has. Il 4
81 otnelaily announoed. aecapfsd toe sfaee
a. g ulaReelior of tie ExeneQ ief. Lard
i harrington f1ily Approved of GoaohenaI
4 course, and the lat1ef'u adharunis cav Il
- y purely Liheral- Unioniaf support fsl
Il saeeasl. Tue PaH MaH Gazsfts aaVs
= uhambeElaia has consented 20 haVe 4
= private informal oonfaranos on ths Irinh
q 9aestton witA 0ladstone. Morley ana
> Fswerfua Aiisnnc,.
4 Blowil1. The Paris oerrespondent 81
q ne IiNes. positively eonlrms fhfa -
]. eent sfAiement that Rulsia and Ger
y many have concluded direct allianee.
u biowitx aays thst bY TIE larms Of this
!. nov aalianoe Rnasia binds herself 10 re-
. main neutral IN she evsnt of war b.
; tween kfance and Germany, ard Ger
1Any olnos herself % remain neutral ia
sae event OF war between Rnssia an )
. Au3irta. he further SAYS that whfla
there can Be no doabt abont ne exiN1.
ence Of this imperial compass, there are
tUo stories aa to the manner In which
lne tfoatY vas effected. One story a 1
snaf u was negotiated By The Gar and |
kmperor William thronRh personal enF. |
reapcndenoe. and the other q thar Ble- /
marok aud Ds0isrs centrivna the All. /
anco By personal discussion. Blowifn
says be does not knog which Of thaaa
stories is the correct one.
came Back % TAear Doam.
LoHRoa. Jan. a-Adyioss from Ans.
trala4iA AAye tive soamon recently mar.
as' 90 man on Great Barrier kaland.
on New Zealand, aeinsd the guitar and
giFl who wea on board, ahd sniled fer
south America, bat foariDR pussult re- !
turned and soutilsd tbs vsassl alf Port !
Aaeq0aF, where they were arres.sd.
Fearful Rxpisnien.
bix soldiers weEs killed By q gas er !
plosi0n Yesterday In Cambridge haF. | 5
racks, P0rtsmonth. Twnnfv-ona wara i
fo1ad and axtriaatad from she ruins i
of the barracks. All of the rescued 1
we're more o. less injured.
Cabines Makine. c
LoNDoa, Jan. a-Mr. Gosehen. AL z
though be viii not Be she OonaerVstivn |.
leader Of the Hoass ef Commons. OBJ
tatna control ef the appointmenta' Sir I.
R. A. Gross and Lord lddlsaleioh havs
onefed 20 resign, IN order 10 make room
ref Mr. Go8ohen's nominees. TIE re- =
sait will be q general reconstruction Of y
the Cabinet. 0osohen has asked Lord :,
NoEthbro0k 70 become Sir r. A. Oross,e :,
successor. He also wants Mr.. Witaio In
the Cabinet. =
Trade Arrangement.
BEnLr, Jan. 3.-German iron mas
tors navs made Al agreement with thoae q
OF Belgium 10 refrain fFsm selling rails ..
20 each others country. Iron masters =
OF both countries 6re endeavOrinQ 10 In L
daee English commissioners Of rails 10
enter into similar agreement. q
celllsisn and Less ef EaFs.
LOEDoN, Jan. 8. The British steamer :,
DFagoman, which oolllded with aud
sunk q ehlp on Birds Eye, waa from i,
Liverpool for Cardiff. She returned 10 :,
she Msrsey after the collision. Her ;,
bows are stove in. and she is other sise
injured. The name Of she sunken ship !.
was ihs Dnks Of Oonnanght. She had :
crew OF twenty ems men, and hfteen j
Of these wers drowRed. Il
A New Canml scheme. lG
Pans, Jan. 8.--Russia has oouoIudsd I,
arrangements for obtaininq from bank IA
eEs Of Paris loan af 15,n00OO0 francs.
The meuey is 10 be expGnded Ia the 2.
construction OF q canal from the east =
esn extremity Of Persko, in ths Black =
Sea. across tbs neck Of land ioinine =
urimea 70 the Sea ef Az1v, In order 70
ahofd direct water route from she 10
River Don to the Black Sea. The pre- u
posed route wonl1 be shorter, more di e
rect and much easier from the mouth al
OF the Don 70 either Odessa. the monthel
OF the Danube. Sehastopool OF the Bos e.
phoFus, than the present enc By way Of 7e
tbs Strait Of KeFteh, which Il both n
ro1udebout and difi5ulk. Ths railways al
adjacent te this new water route viii Be-
put tn eommunioation wilh ID. IL
Paaehlng np the 9evernmenf o.
Is0NDoN, Jan. 8.--Sir Michael Hicks %
Beach and Lord Ashb0Fne left Dublin
fos Lpndon tonight. Thsy are oominQ II
70 attend Cabinet council which ls % ~
be heid tomorrow. Sir Michael still "a y
heres 70 his Determination 20 remsin fn ~
his present ones. In Official circles this !.
ia accepted that w. II. Smith will Be- -
First Lord Of the Treaanry and leader ~
In the House Of Commons, and Lord n
Salisbury Premier and Foreign Minis
Ter. Among the Conservatives No ex-
pFsssious Of regret are heard over u
tue prospective fstirsmsnt u Sir 20
h. A. Ross and Lord IaIoslelG ~
Before accepting ofiss Mr. Goeoaon
9la4Elf uotuliutA14 kA1 a9A04Et1 3uU 80 -
tim It's Of the War and Navy depart. q
meHts. IN order 10 aseertais whether oF ae
not there were any gEauEda for Lord y
Rsedolph Churohiliss charges Of nal e
He found that LORD "a
tiandolph had bosa nisied By wrong y
data, which Il u Aupposed vars supplied
through interested Treasury oiIloiais
Mr.. Gosebsn 10 convinced that Lord
kandolph 10 unable 70 prove his alieRa.
tiona. and that Lsord Salisbury Il right a
Ia refusing 20 reduce the estimates ~
Mr.. Ohnmberiain authofiMsa q denial Of
Ihe statoment that eonfsronos has
besn arranged betwsen himself and ths %
GIadsionian leaders. of
Fatal Kxplsslon.
An explosion of aas occurred yssier !,
day IN CambFidRs BarEaeks, q Ports
mouth, doing considerable damage.
Fear men were killed outriaht. Oshera =
mere buried IN tbs debfla, and Il 10 nat =
knQwn WHISTLER thoy are nlive o. not. y
Fho number lniured. as far aa kEown, is
thirteen, and ssms Of thsae u is feared =
are fatally hart. =
Canal Prszrssa q
PANAMA., Jan. a.--Oanal work Ia pro-
gFessing. OontfAotoFs are satisfied, a. p
tn0ugh they are working nRainst din =
enisiea, the consequence % the tail end =
Of ths rainy asaa01 and the oalsbrat on
of shs DeosmbeE holidays. Tue sanitary Il
Eeessd b good I'D
PACIFIC COAST. b